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biye
BI-ye
bill
French: le billet (de banque)
Nazali na biye te.
I have no cash.
Je n'ai pas d'argent liquide.
Banknote — folded money, counted by hand. Biye is a banknote or bill, the cash (makuta) of daily trade. In markets run on paper money a fresh biye is checked, folded and tucked away; "nazali na biye te" — I've no cash — is an everyday admission.
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